Welcome to to my CSCA Mini-Conference people (and anyone else clicking here). Click on the links for some ways to up your game and engage your students more. Let me know if you have any questions. We are all experiencing fragmented attention. Learn more about this here with Dr. Jonathan Haidt and Dr. Becky Good Read More …
This is a fun and interactive Worry Monster/Coping skills lesson with a PPT to guide you through this fun craft. Teach students self-regulations skills and send home “not-a-worksheet” that parents are sure to see and …. poof…. a home discussion ensues. The poem on the card says: “Whisper your worries in the monster’s ear. It gobbles Read More …
Worksheets: There are many bully prevention programs for elementary schools that include the steps of Stop, Walk, and Talk. To increase student engagement in these lessons, I created some worksheets to supplement the curriculum. Word Searches, I-Spy, Word Scrambles and Color By Keywords are available. Here is a link to get the word puzzles. Songs: Read More …
The “Back-to-School” season is upon us and after a well-deserved and much needed summer recharge, I’m ready to be back. This post will be filled with random things that hopefully will be helpful for some fresh ideas for the start of school. Idea #1 “Who is Your Counselor” Coloring Booklet Just print this out back Read More …
Erin’s Law requires that all public schools in each participating state to implement a prevention-oriented child sexual abuse program. 38 states have passed this law that requires students in preK – 12th grade to be taught age-appropriate techniques to recognize child sexual abuse and tell a trusted adult. All districts have different curricula they use, but Read More …
Bilingual Buddies is a peer mentoring program I started at my school to help our ESOL students who enter school speaking limited or no English. I know you have these students too, and it has to be a scary experience for these little ones. This program was born to increase their level of comfort and Read More …
As you know, we need to pull out ALL of the student engagement tricks. Turn it up a notch by using songs in your lessons or brain breaks? Freeze dance, follow the leader, & sing and dance with them (even if you are tone deaf… like me). Here is a list I know that I Read More …
If you don’t do lessons with Penelope Rex, you should. Thank you Ryan T. Higgins for creating these books! They are just perfect for teaching social emotional lessons with kids, and they’re SO MUCH FUN. Last year in kindergarten we read We Don’t Eat Our Classmates (practicing social skills) and this year those same kiddos Read More …
Affordable resources to amp up our counseling program. Read More …
This year we amped up our Kindness Week. Thank you to social media and those creative people I stole from! Here is the overview that we gave to teachers this year. Secret Missions: This was the fan favorite addition. Only teachers who wanted to do it, signed up to participate. We had about 15 classes Read More …
